It's more the magazine's scorecard that leaves us wanting. It looks at some good indicators (LGBT elected officials, transgender protections, and gay bookstores) before getting crazy with categories like Mr. Leather, Gay Softball World Series teams, and concerts by the Cliks.

That's probably why the list includes head-scratchers like No. 11 Little Rock (which remains in Arkansas at last check) and No. 8 Knoxville, Tennessee, which presumably dominated the Mr. Leather competition this year to get a spot.

Booting spring breakers from its shores may have not boosted Jagermeister sales, but it sure has classed up the joint. Add to that a mass exodus from Miami, where a real estate boom priced out many gay clubs (then the boom busted), and you have the recipe for a rising homo mecca in South Florida. The area is teeming with gay bars and restaurants, and a ton of guesthouses and spas that run the gamut from mild to spicy. Lesbians are finally starting to move to Fort Lauderdale too, though most girl bars, like New Moon (NewMoonBar.com), are in nearby Wilton Manors.

Orlando, meanwhile, clocked in as America's second gayest city, by the magazine's reckoning, thanks to Disney World's popular Gay Days and "more gay softball teams than you can shake a Louisville slugger at."